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Category: Science
Ancient Mars may have had a liquid ocean despite freezi...
A model based on Earth’s oceans and atmosphere explains how Mars could have been cold and wet 3 billion years ago
Robot piloted by a ball of algae is powered by photosyn...
By placing a marimo, a naturally forming ball of algae, inside a plastic shell, researchers have created a robot that can move thr...
Covid-19 news: Wales rows back omicron restrictions as ...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Why omicron isn't more severe in kids despite rise in h...
Reassuring findings from the UK and South Africa suggest that omicron isn't more severe in kids. Record numbers of hospitalisation...
UK energy crisis: Why renewable subsidies will help avo...
A new milestone this week points to how these environmental levies are more likely the solution, not the problem, when it comes to...
Flu vaccines during pregnancy protect babies for 6 mont...
Evidence shows that getting a flu jab during pregnancy provides substantial protection to young babies, but uptake in many countri...
Portable laser scanner creates colour 3D images of surf...
Lidar uses lasers to create 3D images, but these can be hard to interpret because they are black and white. A new scanner adds cam...
Hybrid animal in 4500-year-old tomb is earliest known b...
Early Bronze Age people in Syria crossed donkeys with wild asses to make prized horse-like hybrids, demonstrating advanced underst...
Electric knee implants could help treat pain of osteoar...
A device that delivers electric current to the knees could help combat osteoarthritis, a painful condition caused by worn cartilag...
Covid-19 news: Self-isolation period cut to 5 days in E...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Fix the Planet newsletter: The race to replace meat
Meat is responsible for roughly twice the greenhouse gas emissions of plant-based food. Can we afford not to seek alternative sour...
The moon's magnetic field may have been altered by huge...
There’s a new explanation for the moon’s former magnetic field, and it involves 60-kilometre-wide slabs of rock sinking through th...